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Are you good or bad at dropping a ball?

bkuehn1952

By bkuehn1952
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Ball Dropping Ability - Good or Bad?  

25 members have voted

  1. 1. When dropping a ball, do you plan on where to drop as well as consider the possible roll?

    • Yes, I survey the ground and analyze the likely outcome
      15
    • Sometimes yes and sometimes no - not very consistent in my approach
      3
    • No, I pretty much just determine the area within which to drop and drop the ball
      4
    • No, I do some planning and I won't drop the ball directly into a divot hole but I don't really spend time thinking about what might happen.
      3
    • Other - Describe please.
      0

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I think the drop needs to be eliminated in golf tournaments it's non productive and slows the game down. To make it simple you should get a 5 foot area monitored by a official and simply place it for relief because that's what they end up doing 90% of the time anyway.


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3 hours ago, Mike Boatright said:

I think the drop needs to be eliminated in golf tournaments it's non productive and slows the game down.

Not significantly.

3 hours ago, Mike Boatright said:

To make it simple you should get a 5 foot area monitored by a official and simply place it for relief because that's what they end up doing 90% of the time anyway.

Most of the time they do not get to place it.

 

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